Orcas on display and in the water.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.